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As reported previously in our Canadian Trademark Blog, Canada finally joined the Madrid international trademark filing system on June 17, 2019. While this is welcome ... Continued
Congratulations to 21 of Clark Wilson’s lawyers for being peer-selected for the 14th edition of Best Lawyers in Canada 2020. These lawyers have been recognized ... Continued
Is it “trade-marks” “trademarks” or “trade marks”? Your answer likely depends on how much you care about grammatical rectitude as much as technical legal conformity, ... Continued
Earlier today, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office announced that long-anticipated amendments to Canada’s trademark laws will come into force on June 17, 2019. It also ... Continued
At a recent roundtable meeting of the International Trademark Association in San Francisco, Neil Melliship and Jeffrey Vicq spoke to local attorneys about pending changes ... Continued
Statistics released by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and aggregated by IPPractice reveal that our IP group had a busy 2017: they filed more trademark ... Continued
We are pleased to announce Neil Melliship and Jeffrey Vicq have again been ranked as leading trademark practitioners by a prestigious international trade publication. The ... Continued
Congratulations to our lawyers peer-selected for the 12th edition of Best Lawyers in Canada 2018: Diane Bell, QC, Darren Donnelly, Brock Johnston, Peter Kenward, Neil Melliship, Amy Mortimore, Roy Nieuwenburg, QC, Alex Petrenko, Bernard Pinsky, QC, Chris ... Continued
We are pleased to announce that two of our partners were recently recognized for their technical expertise by a prestigious international trade publication. Specifically, the ... Continued
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has published a Fee-for-service proposal (the Proposal), seeking public input by July 5, 2016. As previously reported on this ... Continued
The above Bill is an omnibus budget bill which also contains the following amendments affecting intellectual property in Canada: Force majeure – Under this provision, ... Continued
The recent amendments to Canada’s Trademarks Act present many interesting opportunities and challenges to brand owners and their counsel. This article focuses primarily on the ... Continued